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PEORIA - Providence-St. Mel coach Tim Ervin didn't need a history book to realize the importance of this weekend. A former standout at Providence-St. Mel, Ervin guided the Knights to their first state appearance since 2002. The Ervin-coached Knights split their two games and did not earn a trophy that year. After losing to Bloomington Central Catholic on Friday in a Class 2A semifinal, Providence-St. Mel topped Petersburg PORTA 71-36 Saturday in the 2A third-place game at...

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic -- The 49th edition of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival kicked off Friday with a ceremony at which Mel Gibson was awarded the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema. Accepting the Crystal Globe statuette, which is an art deco figure of a naked woman holding a crystal globe, Gibson joked: "It's just the kind of thing I want. The kind of fantasy I always had. A naked woman holding a ball. It's...

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic -- Mel Gibson is at the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival , where he received the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema. He also went on stage before an open-air screening of "Mad Max," attended by more than 3,000 screaming fans. (Watch his cell-phone video clip from the night, above). Variety spoke to him there about Hollywood, independent filmmaking, sharks, Vikings... and Gary...

After months in southern Africa, former Rep. Mel Reynolds has returned to Chicago with dramatic stories of espionage, Zimbabwe jails, pornography charges, human rights violations and malaria. And he blames the Chicago media for misreporting all of it. “Why is there a double standard when it comes to Mel Reynolds?” he asked during a news conference at a downtown hotel. A former Rhodes scholar, Reynolds was a fast-rising star in the Democratic Party in...

After watching his team's six-point lead over Hales evaporate early in the fourth quarter, Providence-St. Mel senior guard Tevin King turned from player to coach. King was saddled to the bench after picking up his fourth foul late in the third quarter of Tuesday's Class 2A Joliet Central Supersectional. During a five-minute stretch with King on the bench, Hales went up 42-37. Having lost back-to-back supersectionals to Seton, the 6-foot-2 King...

Mel Tucker is being proactive in his quest to restore the reputation of his Bears defense after his first season as coordinator ended with a franchise record for yards allowed. "There are some significant changes in some of the techniques we're going to play … some of our alignments," Tucker said. "We will have some alternative fronts. " Tucker spoke to media Friday at the Bears rookie minicamp for the first time since before the team lost the de facto NFC North title game...

New Trier guard Matt Lottich showed why he is one of the top players in the state Saturday night, scoring 32 points and missing only four of 15 field goal attempts to lead the No. 17 Trevians (13-4) over Providence-St. Mel 66-51 in a non-conference game. Playing on his home court, Lottich started the game hot, hitting his first three field goals and making 6 of 8 field-goal attempts in the first half for 15 points. Behind Lottich, the Trevians jumped to a 20-11 lead at...

The Bears' defensive scheme will feature "significant changes" in Mel Tucker's second season as coordinator, Tucker said at rookie camp Friday. "There are some significant changes in terms of some of the techniques that we're going to play, how we're going to fit the runs, some of our alignments," Tucker said. "We will have some alternative fronts that we'll play. " The schematic adjustments, along with extensive personnel changes, result from a 2013 in...

It's an awesome fantasy. Imagine having Michael Jordan or Cal Ripken Jr. for your dad. You could run around arenas, meet players, hang with the man. In reality, things rarely work that way. Time with Dad can be scarce. Ask St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Todd Stottlemyre. When he was born in 1965, his dad, Mel, was the New York Yankees pitching sensation. A rookie among legends like Mantle and Maris, Mel had helped pitch the Yanks to the World Series in 1964. Mel went on to be an All-Star five times...

PARIS- Adding a title which looks set to become one of the talking-points of Cannes, Wild Bunch will bring on to market Jean-FranÃ§ois Richet's Mel Gibson-starrer "Blood Father," produced by Paris-based Why Not Productions and Chris Biggs. "Blood Father" is said to be partly in "The Taken" mode, joining a strong sales pedigree of titles - not just the "Taken" franchise, but also "Non-Stop," again with Liam Neeson, and "The Gunman," starring Sean Penn,...

By Sam Holden LONDON (Reuters) - West Bromwich Albion manager Pepe Mel says the club will have to build a new team next season, but the Spanish coach is unsure whether he will be there to oversee the transition. Following his relegation-threatened sideâs 1-0 Premier League defeat at fourth-placed Arsenal on Sunday, Mel indicated that his managerial role at the Hawthorns remains in the balance, with talks about his job to be held after their final game next...

" True Detective " actress Erin Moriarty is set to co-star with Mel Gibson in the thriller "Blood Father." Jean-Francois Richet is helming with "The Town" scribe Peter Craig penning the script. In the vein of "Taken," the story follows an ex-con who reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her. Pic will be produced by Why Not Productions and Chris Briggs. Production...

It was 1981. Mel was 24. He was at a friend's wedding when he met Tina. "I happened to notice a beautiful young girl sitting by herself and I asked her to dance. With just one look in her eyes, I knew that something very special was already happening between us." Bad timing, Mel! He had gotten engaged just two weeks earlier to Betsy, whom he "cared for" very much. But still, there was this beautiful young girl (very young-Mel found out that she was just sweet 16)

PEORIA - Providence-St. Mel coach Tim Ervin didn't need a history book to realize the importance of this weekend. A former standout at Providence-St. Mel, Ervin guided the Knights to their first state appearance since 2002. The Ervin-coached Knights split their two games and did not earn a trophy that year. After losing to Bloomington Central Catholic on Friday in a Class 2A semifinal, Providence-St. Mel topped Petersburg PORTA 71-36 Saturday in the 2A third-place game at...

PEORIA - No matter what happens in the Class 2A state title game Saturday, Bloomington Central Catholic has made school history. The Saints, though, would like to avoid repeating another aspect of their state history. Splitting their games at state in all four of their previous trips, Bloomington Central Catholic reeled off a big third-quarter run Friday and held on for a 51-45 victory against Providence-St. Mel Friday in a Class 2A state semifinal at Carver Arena. ...